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ROBERTO JAVIER MACIAS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 30, 1947 – November 4, 1969
Service recordRoberto Javier Macias, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 30
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 30
- ALLAN GORDON KENNEDYSpecialist Six · November 4, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT KLIMOSergeant First Class · November 4, 1969
- ERNESTO LUIS LARACUENTEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1969
- FRANCIS MARRION LOGAN IIIStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RUSSELL BRANSONSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 27
- PETER MICHAEL CONNORFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 28
- ROBERT DUANE HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 29
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.